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rial may catch the saw chain and be whipped
toward you or pull you off balance.
When cutting a limb that is under tension, be
alert for spring back so that you will not be
struck when the tension in the wood fibers is
released.
Do not force the chain saw. The job can be per-
formed better and safer at the rate for which it
was intended.
Always use the right product for your applica-
tion. The chain saw should be used for cutting
wood only. Never use the chain saw to cut plas-
tic, masonry or non-wood building materials.
Do not use the chain saw for purposes not
intended.
Store idle chain saw when not in use. Chain saw
should be stored in a dry and high or locked area
out of the reach of children. When storing chain
saw, remove battery and place the scabbard on
the bar and chain or store the chain saw in a
carry case.
Remove the battery pack from the chain saw
before cleaning, servicing, storing, removing
material from the unit, changing accessories
such as the bar and chain, or when not in use.
UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHAIN SAW
SAFETY DEVICES
See Figure 4.
SAFE-T-TIP
®
Anti-Kickback Nose Guard
The SAFE-T-TIP
®
prevents kickback from hap-
pening, because it covers the tip of the bar where
kickback is generated. Never attempt any kind of
GENERAL SAFETY RULES
cutting where the SAFE-T-TIP
®
would have to be
removed from the bar tip.
LOW KICKBACK SAW CHAIN
The rakers (depth gauges) ahead of each cutter
can minimize the force of a kickback reaction by
preventing the cutters from digging in too deeply at
the kickback zone. Only use replacement chain that
is equivalent to original chain or has been certified
as low kickback chain per ANSI B175.1.
Low kickback saw chain is chain that has met
the kickback performance requirements of ANSI
B175.1 - 1991 (American National Standard for
Power Tools - Gasoline-Powered Chain Saws-
Safety Requirements) when tested on the repre-
sentative sample of chain saws below 3.8 c.i.d.
specified in ANSI B175.1 - 1991.
As saw chains are sharpened during their useful
life, they lose some of the low kickback qualities
and extra caution should be used.
GUIDE BARS
Generally, guide bars with small radius tips have
somewhat lower kickback potentials.
When making a replacement, be sure to order
one of the Ryobi bars listed for the saw in this
operator’s manual. The proper size SAFE-T-TIP
®
nose guard comes installed on the bar. Use only
guide bars that have a provision for mounting the
SAFE-T-TIP
®
.